Lenovo Z51-70 15.6″ Mainstream Laptop

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The Lenovo Z51-70 is a mainstream 15.6-inch laptop PC. It’s a step up from the budget-oriented Lenovo G50 series, but lacks top performance of gaming laptops. With its specs, the Z51-70 is a good solution for the daily home and office chores, plus media creation and occasional gaming.

The brushed aluminum palmrest on this otherwise plastic 5.1-pound laptop with 1″ thick profile gives it a hint of luxury and improves durability. The screen is quite sharp thanks to Full HD 1920-by-1080-pixel resolution, but it lacks wide viewing angles found on panels with IPS technology. Touchscreen is missing, too. Inside, the Lenovo Z51-70 carries the 5th Generation Intel Core i5-5200U or i7-5500U dual-core processor, 4 or 8 Gigabytes of system memory, and either a 500GB hard drive or a 1-Terabyte hybrid HDD with 8GB of solid state drive-based storage for improved responsiveness. As for graphics processing, there’s a AMD Radeon R9 M375 4GB mid-range video card option, alongside the default Intel HD 5500 integrated graphics. The R9 M375 is a new laptop GPU on the market and there’s no much info about it available, but you can expect similar performance to the Nvidia’s mid-range counterparts, such as the GeForce GTX 960M.

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The keyboard has ergonomically shaped isle-style keys and a dedicated numeric pad, but it lacks key backlight. The trackpad’s click area is physically separated from the multi-touch surface.

The rest of the feature set includes a built-in DVD drive, stereo speakers enhanced by by Dolby audio technology, a 720p webcam, 802.11AC Wi-Fi wireless, Ethernet LAN network connector, Bluetooth, HDMI and VGA video output ports, two USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0 ports, a multiformat digital card reader, and a combo audio port.

The battery life lasts up to 4 hours, according to Lenovo.

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Specifications of the Lenovo Z51-70

Here are the specs of the Lenovo Z51-70 with descriptions of its features. For comparison against other laptops, you can use the "Compare Specs" button.

Brand Lenovo
Screen Size 15.6-inch

This is by far the most popular laptop screen size. It provides a lot of screen real estate, while avoiding bulkiness of the 17.3" laptops.
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 pixels Full HD

Full HD is the most common laptop screen resolution today. It provides a good image sharpness and a decent amount of space on the display for the user interface and programs. However, it isn't as good as the top-tier 4K Ultra HD.
Touchscreen No

This laptop doesn't support touchscreen input.
Other Display Specs TN type

Displays based on the old TN technology lack wide viewing angles you can find on IPS screens. The colors may look washed out or inverted at certain viewing angles.
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-5200U 5th Gen dual-core 2.2-2.7GHz 3MB cache (User Benchmark CPU score: 37)

Intel Core i7-5500U 5th Gen dual-core 2.4-3.GHz 4MB cache (User Benchmark CPU score: 42)
Graphics (GPU) AMD Radeon HD R9 M375 4GB dedicated video card (User Benchmark GPU score: 11)

Intel HD 5500 integrated graphics (good only for the lightest gaming)
System Memory (RAM) Size 4GB RAM

4GB is a small RAM size for computing in 2023. For smooth operation of a laptop during everyday tasks, at least 8GB is recommended.

8GB RAM

The 8GB RAM size is the standard one in 2023. It provides comfortable multi-tasking for the most home and office users.
Data Storage 500GB HDD

This is a very good capacity, but HDD is a slow type of storage.

1000GB (1TB) HDD + 8GB SSD

This is an excellent capacity, but the HDD portion is a slow type of storage.
DVD Optical Drive DVD writer
Keyboard & Input Non-backlit keyboard with dedicated number pad

The keyboard has a separate numeric pad on the right side of the keyboard, but it has no keyboard backlight.

Touchpad with separate physical click buttons

The touchpad features physical left and right click buttons, as opposed to click buttons integrated into the touchpad surface.
Speakers & Audio Stereo speakers

As usual, the device features a pair of built-in stereo speakers.

Combo microphone and headphones audio jack

This laptop has the ordinary 3.5mm combo audio jack that supports both headphone output and microphone input simultaneously.
Camera Front-facing web camera

Laptops usually feature a frontal webcam located on the display bezel. This laptop is no exception.
Wi-Fi Wireless 802.11AC

The 802.11AC is the previous-generation wireless networking standard. It's also known as Wi-Fi 5. 802.11AC is succeeded by 802.11AX Wi-Fi 6 with data transfer speed and multi-device connectivity improvements.
Ethernet Network Port Yes

This laptop has an Ethernet LAN port for wired internet and networking connectivity.
Mobile broadband (4G LTE) No
Bluetooth Yes

This laptop has a built-in Bluetooth module. It enables you to connect the computer to Bluetooth mice and other Bluetooth peripherals, smartphones, and other Bluetooth-equipped devices.
USB Ports 2 x USB 3.0 + 1 x USB 2.0

A total of three full-size Type A USB ports.
Video Output Ports 1 x HDMI + 1 x VGA

HDMI is a widely used digital video output port. You can find HDMI-in ports on most computer monitors and TVs. VGA is an old analog type of video connectivity used on older computers, monitors, TVs, and projectors.
Media Card Reader SD card reader

The laptop has a slot for full-size SD memory cards, used in many digital cameras. You can also use microSD cards with a card adapter.
Battery 41 Whr Capacity, "Up to 4 hours" battery life
Weight 5.1 pounds
Height 1"
Width 15.1"
Depth 10.4"
Windows Version Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 is eligible for free upgrade to Windows 10 Home. Check Windows.com for more info.

Windows 8.1 Pro

Windows 8.1 Pro is eligible for free upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. Check Windows.com for more info.
Warranty 1-year

A typical laptop warranty.

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User Reviews and Q&A on the Lenovo Z51-70

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Current rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  1. Jiffin

    Sir , I’m a animation and gaming. Student. So I need to render images. In the z51-70.
    Can I render in that or can you suggest any other laptops

    • Danijel Z

      For these purposes, I would suggest you a laptop with an Intel Core i7 quad-core processor and a dedicated video card.

      The most of the gaming notebooks have these. You can check them out here:

      http://laptoping.com/specs/product-tag/gaming-laptops/

      These start at around $1000. The Z51-70 can be a solid replacement, especially if you order it with an i7 (only dual-core is available on this model) and a dedicated video card. However, in that case the price will be close to $1000.

  2. 4 out of 5

    Varun Pariani

    Well I’ve not actually bought it yet but I’m considering buying it. I have a few questions though. I tend to run a number of programs together, so even if I have the i7 core will it lag? (I’m asking this because I’ve had a really bad experience with a lenovo laptop before)

    Also are the graphics good enough for playing FIFA and first person shooters compared to a nvidia GE-Force 4gb.

  3. 4 out of 5

    chiranjiv

    hello sir ! i am willing to buy this laptop but i am a bit confused about the gaming performance cos of the newly arrived AMD gpu specified in the specs. should i go for it ? or else pls suggest some other laptop with same config. 🙂 thnks .

    • george

      I’ve stumbled upon the Asus K501LX-EB71- 15.6″ Full HD, 5th Gen Intel Core i7 5500U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M (see gameplays of the 850M on YouTube, these two GPUs are very similar). For $800 at Amazon it seems to be an excellent deal.

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